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I've come across a number of ways to call the WP "root" folder
But what if I want to include a php file that is in a parent folder of WP?
Example http://www.site.com/, where the WP blog is in http://www.site.com/blog/
So far I can't find anything on this topic, and including the absolute URL to the file isn't working
OK. I'm assuming you have Wordpress setup as a sub-directory of your root URL. If so, this should work:
<?php include 'http://www.site.com/file.php'; ?>
Sometimes people write the include special form with parentheses. In most cases it won't break anything, but if your code looks like this, try removing them:
<?php include('http://www.site.com/file.php'); ?>
Also, make sure that the "Wordpress Address" and "Site Address" are both set to the proper URL in the admin settings. This might throw off your absolute URL.
